Like father, like son

YMCA’s Charlie Johnston has won the 2013 ‘Find a Fast Bowler’ award following several excellent performances with the ball when playing for the Leinster U’11’s last summer. The award goes to promising fast bowlers in the Leinster region and this is the eighth year this programme has been in existence. It looks to identify young fast bowlers so club and provincial coaches can work with and offer them advice in order for them to achieve their full potential.

Fact File:

Name: Charlie Johnston

Age: 10

Club: YMCA

School: Rathfarnham Parish National School

Height: 5ft 5

Favourite Cricketer:

Ireland – Paul Stirling

World – Mitchell Johnson           

Started playing: Has always played cricket but joined Railway Union when he was 5 and was a member of the U’11 ‘C’ Railway team that won the Stockton Cup in 2009 when he was 6. His big sister was also on the team! Currently plays at YMCA and is a member of both the Leinster U’11 and U’13 training squads. Plays with Dapto CC in Wollongong, Australia when on holidays there.

Representative Honours:  

• 2013 - North v South u’11’s & Leinster v’s Eryri District, Wales (home and away)
• Leinster U’13 winter training panel

Best Bowling:

• 5-16 - North v South U’11’s, Armagh CC, August 2013
• 5-19 – Rathfarnham Parish NS v’s St John Bosco’s NS, Leprechaun Cup final,  Phoenix CC, June 2013              

Other sports played: Rugby (OBRFC), Hockey (Corinthians) and Athletics (Crusaders AC)

Former ‘Find a Fast Bowler’ winners in Leinster include:

2006 - Darren Nicol (Terenure)

2007 - Padraic Flanagan (YMCA)

2008 - Andrew Sheridan (North County)

2009 – David Delany (Clontarf)

2010 – Rory Anders (Phoenix)

2011 – Josh Little (Pembroke)

2012 – Cian Nulty (Balbriggan)